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Thousands of Bangladeshi workers staying abroad without proper documents risk being deported, due in part to coronavirus pandemic in countries that host them, according to insiders in the manpower export...
Dettol Harpic Porichchonno Bangladesh (DHPB) is going to donate protective care items to police, health workers, poor and disadvantaged families as measures to fight coronavirus. DHPB will provide those items,...
Online food ordering and delivery service Uber Eats is discontinuing services in Bangladesh from June 2. “After a year of partnering with local restaurants to offer convenient and reliable food...
Scientists and political leaders have been struggling hard to track the course of coronavirus. They made projection that the virus will lose its steam after taking about 60,000 human lives...
The super cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ is likely to cross Bangladesh coast between Khulna- Chattogram by Wednesday evening, according to a latest special storm warning bulletin by Bangladesh met office on...
Covid-19 has now turned into a major global health and economic crisis unprecedented over the past 100 years since the Spanish flu of 1918. Economic activities across the world have...
As part of Corporate Social Responsibility, NRB Bank Limited has undertaken Essential Food Support Initiative to help families in dire need for food and welfare support under a nationwide shutdown...
A thing, used by robbers of yesteryear to distort their appearance in public, has emerged as the most conspicuous feature of 2020. Witnessing launch of a virtual BOOK to show...
Despite repeated warnings from the government, patients are still being denied treatment in hospitals in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country. There are some cases of deaths, too, due to...
Mindful of the fact that life and livelihood are integral to each other and cannot be considered in isolation, Bangladesh is weighing options to recover from the pandemic shocks. In...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education are working together to distribute food rations among nearly 3.0 million primary school children across...
The High Court (HC) has formed a committee to protect natural environment, biodiversity, mother carp fishes and dolphins in Halda river in Chattogram. The High Court bench of Justice Obaidul...
Extremely severe cyclonic storm ‘Amphan’ is posing a huge challenge for Bangladesh to maintain social distancing and hygiene at the shelter centres as the country grapples to contain the spread...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has found mental peace in staying at home but her physical condition has seen no improvement, a senior party leader said. “Without any doubt, she is...
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday urged all parties to extend cooperation to government during the coronavirus situation for the sake of the country’s people. He also called...
Russian contractor has weld connected two halves Reactor Pressure Vessel, or RPV, for 1200 megawatt, or MW, unit-1 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Ishwardi of Pabna in northern Bangladesh....
South Asian nations are scrambling to repatriate hundreds of thousands of migrants stuck abroad without work due to the coronavirus crisis - a huge challenge that risks sparking social unrest...
Bangladesh Navy has deployed 25 ships as part of three-tier efforts to conduct emergency rescue, relief and medical operations in the immediate aftermath of the super cyclone Amphan. Two maritime...
World Health Organization member states agreed to an independent probe into the UN agency's COVID-19 response as US criticism mounted over its handling of the pandemic. Countries taking part in...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) in Bangladesh on Tuesday launched a corporate sustainability campaign under its ‘Joy of Giving’ platform in partnership with the Ministry of Civil Aviation...
A total of 4,042 people secured bail after their petitions were heard by virtual courts across the country on Tuesday. Hearing on 6,516 bail petitions were held virtually on Tuesday,...
There are tentative signs that children may not spread the novel coronavirus as much as adults, two top epidemiologists said on Tuesday, though they cautioned that the bad news was...
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has declared to provide special assistance to those journalists who have fallen in crisis due to Coronavirus pandemic. “The special assistance would be given as...
Four leading business organizations and a private sector economic policy think tank on Tuesday floated ‘Resurgent Bangladesh’, an initiative to help Bangladesh chart out and execute the recovery of the...
The super cyclone ‘Amphan’ over west central bay and adjoining area moved north-northeastwards and lies over the same area as an extremely severe cyclonic storm. It is likely to move...
Bangladesh Film Exhibitors' Association has decided to keep cinema halls across the country shut during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr holidays to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. “No cinema halls are...
Leading global storm tracker AccuWeather has described Amphan as the first super cyclone in Bay of Bengal since 1999, fearing the “ferocious” storm to unleash extreme impacts across Bangladeshi and...
Rajshahi Medical College Hospital has launched its second Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing lab to detect COVID-19 infection. “The lab was formally inaugurated in the afternoon by testing 40 samples,”...
Zarchi Lwin pawned her only two gold bangles for $140 when the owner of the Myanmar factory where she sewed winter coats for British retailer Next Plc shut it down...
Japan Tobacco International Bangladesh has mobilised a special COVID-19 fund to provide essential food and hygiene items to 60,000 people of underprivileged communities as well as protective gears to high-risk...
Bangladesh has begun efforts to move nearly 2.2 people to storm shelters to avoid casualties as Cyclone Amphan bears down on the coastline, according to bdnews24.com. People threatened by the...
The 65-day ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal will begin from Wednesday. The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has taken all necessary measures to implement the ban from...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed on Tuesday urged the people to stay home and not to travel to their respective hometowns on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr amid...
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood warned of stern action against the fraudsters who identify themselves as the ACC officials and employees. His warning came after some ACC officials presented...
Chinese health authority said Tuesday that it received reports of six new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Monday, of which three were imported cases reported in the Inner...
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday approved the Annual Development Programme (ADP) involving Tk 2.05 trillion for the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21) with focus on transport, education, health and...
Banks have been asked to continue operation on Friday (May 22) and Saturday (May 23) in the industrial areas to facilitate payment of wages to garment workers before Eid and...
Private mobile operator Grameenphone (GP) on Tuesday deposited another Tk 10 billion to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) as ordered by the apex court. BTRC Chairman Jahurul Haque came up...
In a wooden shack in the Gaza Strip, a 13-year-old girl holds classes for neighbourhood children who have missed out on their studies since schools were closed in March due...
Vietnam is aiming for double-digit annual growth in the turnover of e-commerce over the next five years, forecasting that sales in the sector could be worth $35 billion by 2025...
Corporate sector has been contributing significantly in social development including reducing poverty, fighting disaster and adverse situation. Besides government initiatives, precise use of the CSR funds is causing a positive...
Bangladesh has suspended all river transport services across the country as Cyclone Amphan moves closer to the coastline with growing intensity, reports bdnews24.com. Ferry crossings along with other services operating...
The leaders of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) have called upon its members for maintaining the quality of services ahead of Eid ul-Fitr celebration. In a statement on Tuesday, e-CAB...
Japan Tobacco International Bangladesh is providing support that is directly benefitting approximately 60,000 people across Bangladesh. A special COVID-19 fund has been mobilized to provide essential food and hygiene commodities...
A delegation of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) made a courtesy call on Prof. Shibly Rubaiyatul Islam, the newly-appointed chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Monday. Mamun-ur-Rashid, the...
Apparel sector leaders placed a number of demands, including continuation of the existing rate of source tax and corporate tax, to help sustain competitiveness in global markets, as the next...
Bangladesh confirmed 1,251 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 25,121. Meanwhile, 21 more people died of the lethal disease in the...
America’s Nasdaq is set to unveil new restrictions on initial public offerings (IPOs), a move that will make it harder for some Chinese companies to debut on its stock exchange,...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has suggested that the UK may take the initiative of creating a COVID-19 fund which can be used to bail out the...
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the government on Monday to lift some of the remaining restrictions imposed on business to halt the spread of the coronavirus, even as the country recorded...
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